Plastic Guidelines for Common Chemicals
Table Key
Rating
- Satisfactory
- Probably Satisfactory
- No Information Available
- Unsatisfactory
Abbreviation
- LDPE – Low Density Polyethylene
- HDPE – High Density Polyethylene
- PP – Polypropylene
- PVC – Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride
- PET & PET-G – Polyester & Co-Polyester
- SAN – Styrene Acrylonitrile
- PS – Polystyrene
| Product / Plastic | LDPE | HDPE | PP | PVC | PET PET-G |
SAN | PS |
| Acetic Acid, glacial | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Acetone | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Alcohol: Ethyl | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Alcohol: Methyl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Alcohol: N-Propyl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Aliphatic (Straight Chain) Hydrocarbons | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ammonia 28% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Battery Electrolyte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Benzene, Xylene and other Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Bromine, liquid | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Carbon Tetrachloride and other Chlorinated Hydrocarbons | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Chromic Acid below 40% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Chromic Acid 40% or above | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Dipropylene Glycol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ethers, simple | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ethyl Acetate and other Simple Esters | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ethylene Glycol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Formaldehyde 36% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Formic Acid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Gasoline | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Hexachlorophene | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Hydrobromic Acid 48% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Hydrochloric (muriatic) Acid 36% or 22.4º Be | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Hydrofluoric Acid up to 52% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Hydrofluosilicic Acid up to 26% | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Hydrogen Peroxide up to 30% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kerosene, Naphtha, Mineral Spirits, Petroleum, Distillate or Stoddard Solvent | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mercury, metal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| MEK Peroxide | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Nitric Acid under 20% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Nitric Acid 20-70% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Oxalic Acid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Phenol | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Phosphoric Acid 85% or 59º Be | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Potassium Hydroxide | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Quaternary Ammonium Salt Solutions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Sodium Hydroxide | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sodium Hypochlorite to 6% available Chloride | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| Sodium Hypochlorite 7-15% available Chloride | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sulphuric Acid, cond. to 93% or 66º Be | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Trichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Turpentine | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Water | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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